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Clostridium difficile toxin CDT hijacks microtubule organization and reroutes vesicle traffic to increase pathogen adherence

Schwan, Carsten
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Kruppke, Anna S.
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Noelke, Thilo
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January 27, 2014
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS)

Clostridium difficile causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis by the actions of Rho-glucosylating toxins A and B. Recently identified hypervirulent strains, which are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, additionally produce the actin-ADP-ribosylating toxin C. difficile transferase (CDT). CDT depolymerizes actin, causes formation of microtubule-based protrusions, and increases pathogen adherence. Here we show that CDT-induced protrusions allow vesicle traffic and contain endoplasmic reticulum tubules, connected to microtubules via the calcium sensor Stim1. The toxin reroutes Rab11-positive vesicles containing fibronectin, which is involved in bacterial adherence, from basolateral to the apical membrane sides in a microtubule-and Stim1-dependent manner. The data yield a model of C. difficile adherence regulated by actin depolymerization, microtubule restructuring, subsequent Stim1-dependent Ca2+ signaling, vesicle rerouting, and secretion of ECM proteins to increase bacterial adherence.

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research article
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1311589111
Author(s)
Schwan, Carsten
Kruppke, Anna S.
Noelke, Thilo
Schumacher, Lucas
Koch-Nolte, Friedrich
Kudryashev, Mikhail
Stahlberg, Henning  orcid-logo
Aktories, Klaus
Date Issued

2014-01-27

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences

Published in
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS)
Volume

111

Issue

6

Start page

2313

End page

2318

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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OTHER

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LBEM  
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February 13, 2020
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